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Table 1 primary and secondary study outcomes and assessment instruments

From: A bio-psycho-social exercise program (RÜCKGEWINN) for chronic low back pain in rehabilitation aftercare - Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

outcome/construct

measuring instrument

Literature

physical disability

pain-conditioned functional ability

Hannover Functional Ability Questionnaire

[43]

pain measures

  

number of pain days

Graded Cronic Pain Status (GCPS)

 

pain history

functional (dis-)ability (1 Item)

 

[46]

pain intensity

Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)

[45]

coping strategies, psychic disability and fear-avoidance beliefs

pain coping strategies

Questionaire for detection of

[48]

pain-conditioned psychic disability

pain coping strategies (FESV)

 

pain-related fear-avoidance and endurance coping strategies

Avoidence-Endurance Questionaire (AEQ)

[49]

fear-avoidance beliefs

Tempa Scale of Kinesiophobia

[50, 51]

catastrophizing

Pain Catastrophing Scale (PCS)

[52, 53]

physical activity, motivational and volitional factors

physical activity

Freiburg Questionaire of physical activity

[54]

intention, self-efficacy, HAPA-stage

Health Process Action Approach (HAPA)

[29, 55]

depression and quality of life assessment

quality of life assessment

SF-12

[56, 57]

depression

PHQ-D

[58]

generalized anxiety disorder

GAD-7

[59]

work satisfaction

IRES-3

[60]

basic and social demographical variables

workability in days of sick leave in past 6 month

Graded Cronic Pain Status (GCPS)

[46]

work load at current employment hospitalization frequency

social demographical rehabilitation core data-set

[61]

other social demographical variables

  

chronicity staging

Mainz Pain Staging System (MPSS)

[62]

Aftercare participation

self developed questionaire items & attendance list

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